talent shortage
Not enough qualified
A talent shortage is a gap between the skilled workers employers need and the workers available in the labor market.
The term frames hiring difficulties as a supply problem: The tech industry faces a chronic talent shortage.
Critics note that "shortage" often means employers won't raise wages enough to attract candidates, making it partly a rhetorical choice.
- hiringGiving someone work
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- help wantedEmployment listings header
- workforceAll available workers
- skills gapWorkforce capability deficit
headhunting · candidates · vacancies · hard to fill · burnout · understaffed · hiring freeze · poaching · retention · turnover · qualified · applicants · pipeline · training · outsourcing · automation · wages · competition
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- shortages
- business risksmarket risk, competition, data breach, cyberattack, recession
- hiring problemshigh turnover, skill gaps, ghosting, no-shows
- staffingstaffing, turnover rates, hiring, staffing firm, staffing agency
- workplace issuesturnover, layoffs, understaffing, low morale, harassment
talent shortageunemployment
Being without paid work
job scarcity · buyer's market · joblessness · underemployment · redundancy
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